Charts a coursethrough dyslexia.
Captain's Words is an adventure built specifically for the dyslexic mind — and a parent dashboard so precise you'll know exactly which words are hard, and exactly when they aren't anymore.
The kitchen table
has been a battlefield.
Dyslexia doesn't mean your child isn't bright. It means the tools they were handed weren't built for the way their mind works. Captain's Words was.
Read the methodClinical apps feel like homework
No story, no reason to come back. They try it once and never ask for it again. Progress stalls within a fortnight.
You have no real visibility
You know they're struggling — but not exactly which words, which letters, or whether anything is genuinely getting better.
School can't fill the gap alone
The five to fifteen minutes of focused daily practice a dyslexic child needs simply isn't possible in a classroom of thirty.
Speed-rewards teach the wrong instinct
Most apps reward fast tapping. Your child needs to slow down and look. Most apps make the problem worse.
The data
doesn't flatter.
Captain's Words was built by a father for his nine-year-old son, who has dyslexia. These numbers are pulled directly from his dashboard — not a study, not a pilot. One real family, eight weeks of daily play.
You'll know exactly
what's happening.
While they play, you watch — from any device, anywhere. Not vague encouragement. Precise data on exactly which words are hard, and exactly why.
Word-level heatmap
Every word from the school list, colour-coded mastered to struggling — refreshed after every session.
Letter-confusion tracking
Every b/d, p/q and 6/9 misread is logged automatically. You'll see the pattern before their teacher does.
Streaks & session history
When they played, for how long, and how accuracy has trended week over week, month over month.
Anywhere, any device
The dashboard lives at its own URL. Check it on your phone on the commute. No app to install.
Export for school meetings
Download a PDF report before parents' evening. Arrive with data, not anecdote.
Three passes.
One quiet ritual.
Every play session mirrors the structure used by specialist dyslexia tutors — three passes through the same word: recognition, recall, and reading aloud. Wrapped in a world your child wants to return to.
Pick the right letter
A word appears with one letter missing. The keyboard shows only plausible choices — so your child thinks, doesn't guess. Letters like b, d, p and q carry a subtle visual anchor that slowly builds the right memory.
Spell it from memory
The whole word, typed unaided. No hints. This is what builds the neural pathway that makes a word stick — and every error is logged silently to the parent dashboard.
Read aloud — boss level
Boss levels demand reading a short sentence aloud, containing the words just practised. The game listens, responds. Defeat the boss — unlock the next island, gather resources, build the ship.
Words unlock
the voyage.
Your child doesn't earn abstract points. They build a ship — piece by piece — using resources collected across islands. There is always one more upgrade just within reach. That is what brings them back tomorrow.
Choose your
voyage.
Free to join the waitlist. Pay when we launch — or become a Founding Captain today and help finish the build.
- Up to 3 child profiles
- Full Fry word list
- Ship builder & customisation
- Parent dashboard
- Voice boss levels
- New islands monthly
- Everything in Annual
- Beta access before public launch
- Your own NPC character — named after you, lives on an island forever
- Direct input on features and content
- Monthly dev update emails
- Thirty-day money-back guarantee
- Everything in Monthly
- Priority new content
- Early feature access
- PDF progress reports
- School word-list import
- Founding-member badge
Monthly and Annual plans begin billing on launch day. Founding Captain plan is charged now with a thirty-day full-refund guarantee.
Help us finish.
Be part of it forever.
Captain's Words began as a father building something for his son. Founding Captains help us finish — and become a living part of the world. Your name doesn't go in a credits screen. It walks the islands.
Your own NPC character
An in-game character named after you — alive on an island, talking to every child who plays, forever. Not a credit. A legacy.
Exclusive ship skin
A Founding Captain vessel only you can ever unlock. Never available to regular subscribers.
Price locked forever
£24.99 per year, locked in permanently. Never affected by future price increases.